ROASTING
roasting
(noun) cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added); “the slow roasting took several hours”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
roasting
present participle of roast
Adjective
roasting (comparative more roasting, superlative most roasting)
(colloquial) Very hot.
Noun
roasting (plural roastings)
The act by which something is roasted.
(colloquial) A rebuke or reprimand (usually from the recipient's point of view).
Anagrams
• Gorstian, atrogins, organist, signator, strong AI, tragions
Source: Wiktionary
Roast"ing,
Definition: a. & n., from Roast, v. Roasting ear, an ear of Indian corn at
that stage of development when it is fit to be eaten roasted.
– Roasting jack, a machine for turning a spit on which meat is
roasted.
ROAST
Roast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Roasting.] Etym:
[OE. rosten, OF. rostir, F. rĂ´tir; of German origin; cf. OHG. rosten,
G. rösten, fr. OHG. rost, rosta, gridiron, G. rost; cf. AS. hyrstan
to roast.]
1. To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast
meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having
reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven.
2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to
roast a potato in ashes.
In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce difference to be
discerned. BAcon.
3. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to
roast chestnuts, or peanuts.
4. Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. "Roasted in
wrath and fire." Shak.
5. (Metal.)
Definition: To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
6. To banter severely. [Colloq.] Atterbury.
Roast, v. i.
1. To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an
oven.
He could roast, and seethe, and broil, and fry. Chaucer.
2. To undergo the process of being roasted.
Roast, n.
Definition: That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted,
or is suitable for being roasted.
A fat swan loved he best of any roost [roast]. Chaucer.
To rule the roast, to be at the head of affairs. "The new-made duke
that rules the roast." Shak.
Roast, a. Etym: [For roasted.]
Definition: Roasted; as, roast beef.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition